Student services

How can more degrees be the solution to urban deprivation when poor areas offer no graduate careers? asks Robert Hesketh

Minerva uses test scores to argue that its programmes give students lead in cognitive skills

Sally Everett explains how her institution used low-cost and creative measures to transform its support services

Academic warns universities need to take impact of accent on credibility seriously as it has ‘demotivated’ overseas lecturers

Over the past decade, women have opened up a significant lead over men in graduation rates

Turkey’s president was unwise to evoke Animal Farm when his attack on academics has eerie echoes of George Orwell’s novel, says Umut Özkirımli

On International Stammering Awareness Day, two academics who stammer explain why higher education must do more to support those with this ‘invisible disability’

The entrepreneur and philanthropist on not going to university, student start-up mistakes and Brexit

A ‘European Campus’ has already been created by French, Swiss and German universities

Student accommodation wardens are latest to be imprisoned in Turkey's anti-Gülenist crackdown

Office for Students’ Nicola Dandridge says new regulator will not guarantee union seat on board

Watchdog’s new guidelines aim to stop ‘contract cheating’ on campus

Cost of compliance with Home Office rules uncovered by Study Group

Universities are right to re-examine the support in place for students in light of soaring suicide rates, says health secretary Jeremy Hunt

Latest evidence overseas students are being put off US universities by political situation

Costs for students rising at triple the rate of inflation, triggering calls for rental caps

Evidence from Denmark indicates drunken induction weeks make it difficult for reluctant drinkers to feel at home

Many students aren’t reporting sexual harassment or assault on campus despite efforts to tackle the problem, say Hareem Ghani and Graham Towl

Prevent monitoring and defeat of legal challenge shows that anti-extremism policy is not limiting academic freedom, says Hifsa Harron-Iqbal

The UK's ‘red line’ on free movement of labour may prevent its students from participating in the Erasmus exchange programme, says European Union law expert

Providing support for learners on low-cost ‘flat-pack degrees’ is key to expanding international higher education in Australia and worldwide, says Merlin Crossley

Foreign nationals who fear being barred from re-entering country if they go home for break are being supported with accommodation and funding

As student loan debt in the UK passes £100 billion, Sir Keith Burnett says it’s time we faced up to the real cost of tuition fees and debt

The Deutschlandstipendium, which sponsors students with a mixture of public and private funding, has disappointed some critics

‘Alex’, set to be rolled out at the Technical University of Berlin, is first chatbot to have benefits to students measured

Terry Dray explains what other institutions can learn from Liverpool John Moores University’s recent review of career development services

Increased scrutiny of US sector and distrust of academics puts traditional quality assurance models in question

Figures highlight challenges faced by European universities seeking to educate refugees

As the country succeeds in attracting even more students from overseas, a mixture of demographics, ‘soft power’ concerns and local politics help explain its policy

Supervisors should be trained to spot the first sign of a problem, says Chris Havergal

Harper Adams tops our annual poll as Cambridge and other top 10 mainstays slide down

Hesa data show non-continuation rate for disadvantaged students is rising faster

New study into medieval universities describes how paupers studied alongside the elite despite financial barriers

Student leader calls for clearer rules on student-staff relationships after Sussex report into abusive lecturer case

Trisha Craig on the changing face of study abroad programmes

There will be thousands of people on campuses on Christmas Day this year, as Geri Ward explains

New analysis suggests university offers should take greater account of where students went to school

China's university sports body hopes to convince parents and students that play teaches valuable life lessons

Students and lecturers join forces for a national demonstration over cuts, fee rises and the plight of EU staff and students post-Brexit

In the first of a new series of articles, leading academics and university administrators will share tips on how to get ahead in higher education. Here, those involved in hiring explain how to handle a Skype interview

Taking an unconventional route after studying for a doctorate should not be seen as a failure, says Fiona Whelan

Rosi Prescott considers how universities should tackle the decline in students’ well-being often caused by financial stress

Recent graduates teach at three to four universities a day to make ends meet, researcher finds during stint observing country’s private HE system

Degrees are about aspirations as much as they are about status and salaries, write Neil Sammells and Rob Mears 

New study adds to concerns over the weakness of Chinese university teaching

Results come as issue continues to be high up agenda on campuses in the UK and US

Hepi report says some universities should increase their funding for mental health services at least threefold

Internationalisation is unpopular with swathes of the public and it needs a makeover, says Janet Beer

Students report hostility from traders and clashes over whether Hong Kong is part of China in new study

A lack of advice on access and support is a key reason why disabled students are less likely to leave their home country, campaigners say

Event debates how counselling teams can cope with increasing mental health problems among learners

Unhappiness at university and ‘fear of missing out’ could be driving distraction during lectures, study suggests

Students at Jiangxi University of Science and Technology selected younger academics who were ‘positive’ and ‘funny’

Workshop at EAIE event in Liverpool looks at how international learners can be helped to cope with failure

Social Market Foundation research dismisses claim that widening participation hampers improvements

Those reporting mental health issues are markedly more likely to consider quitting, survey finds

Supervisors explain how to help students keep their research on track

Compared with 20 years ago, young graduates face a much greater struggle buying flats, which some fear could stall social mobility

Outgoing British Council director in Iraq sees reasons for optimism, despite rise of Islamic State

Westminster looks to new ways for students from 150 countries to explore their differences